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    Antibiotic resistance induced by the widespread use of… antidepressants?

    You know, the shittiest thing is I was kind of one of them. I was always telling my brother that he should learn to control himself more, be more considerate etc. he had severe hyperactive type adhd, and related personality disorders. 3 years after losing him at the age of 18, on the edge of a...
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    Don’t call it a refresh: The 6 most adventurous laptop designs of 2022

    I have one, granted I spent all my disposable income last year on it. I'm not disappointed. I've never owned a tablet because keeping a second device for mobile content consumption never appealed to me. I also didn't use my phone much apart from phone things and keeping up with weather, maps and...
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    “Memory Saver” might cure Chrome’s insatiable appetite for RAM

    Here you go. automl, graphql and micro frontends are research for different clients two of which are finished and will be closed this week. Screenshotted pages are samples, tabs are for different academic articles, github pages, tutorials etc. Japanese page is for a light novel, I don't remember...
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    “Memory Saver” might cure Chrome’s insatiable appetite for RAM

    Just installed it, so all-time is same as now... (I have severe ADHD. If I bookmark it, it is as good as forgetting it. I still bookmark reference grade materials and frequently used sites though.) I generally clean it once a month or so. Actively using approximately 10-15 of the windows on a...
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    Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

    Thanks for clarifying. Also agree with better things to do with life part:D
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    “Too much and too soon”—Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later

    Probably because most of you are living in the US I didn't see it mentioned but there is another piece to the puzzle. Apart from US and parts of Europe most consumer users were pirating windows at the time, it was widely known. Where microsoft made any money at all in the rest of the world was...
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    Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

    If I understood correctly it creates a new passkey(implied private key) for every new capable device you register. So you wouldn't need a qr on every operation on those devices. Once done is enough. On the other hand how uncapable devices(those without a tpm or equivalent secure enclave) would...
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    Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

    Thanks for the reply. I didn't have time for reading any white papers regarding the tech. From the article masking qr codes and emphasizing to keep them secret I was under the impression it carried a lot more information than you imply it does. When I have more time I will dive into it more.
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    Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

    So I have a question that one person kind of already asked and nobody provided answers for. I maintain some of my parent's online accounts because they are tech illiterate. They are under 60 by the way. We live in different cities, right now I can just ask them for the OTP, and since I know...
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    Microsoft Dev Box will offer virtual Windows PCs for easy app testing and support

    <rant> We are using a citrix based variation of this. For the IT side it is a bliss, they just provision a new clone and give access and it is done. For the dev side you get a E5-2699AV4 2 virtual cores running at 2.4 Ghz(it was only one core until recently) and 16GB of ram(half of which is...
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    Microsoft prepares another major Windows update... for Windows 10

    A couple of days ago I bought a new laptop for work reasons. I'm primarily a desktop user, so this will be a secondary machine. Since it is a secondary machine I said wth and installed win 11. It is not as bad as I feared and I will probably keep it. On the other hand it does remove/make it...
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    Drop’s $500 mechanical keyboards pay homage to the Moon and samurai

    Thanks for the reply, the travel distance was the primary reason I acquired this habbit. Having to work two people in one desk in my first job contributed as well:) After 3 years at that job it stuck with me I guess. I will try to remedy it and see how it goes. I had read a few articles on...
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    Disinformation guru “Hacker X” names his employer: NaturalNews.com

    For those criticizing Ars for this article I think this one is also about clearing the air and publishing another disclaimer in the front page. Remember we are a tiny portion of Ars readership as they've stated many times. Many don't even visit the comments, or reopen an old article. Nate even...
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    Drop’s $500 mechanical keyboards pay homage to the Moon and samurai

    Off topic, am I the only one who uses their mouse in front of the keyboard; as in where a touchpad would be if you used a laptop. If so am I doing something wrong? I am asking because I started having wrist pain lately. I started using Mx Master 3 and it helped alleviate some but still comes and...
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    “Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself

    Thank you, this looks promising. I've outlined my concerns on a message to the Editorial Team, they are not as detailed as some of the commenters here so may not be as helpful. I've stopped my auto-renewal and awaiting your response to the community in order to decide if I have to cancel my...
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    2020’s 20 most-read stories on Ars Technica

    Agreed. For some odd reason Chris's articles have kept me sane this year. I guess they made me realize no matter how dark the times are there are still some humans that take humanity that little bit further. Thank you Ars; commenters, writers and all. Merry Christmas.
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    SITREP: Azerbaijan’s drone war expands with Reaper-like TB2

    About the S400: it wasn't about the S400 itself, Turkey wants the technology transfer. They want to be able to create and sell their own version of S400. They first approached US for its equivalent of S400 the US basically said piss off on the technology transfer aspect. Russia just said "of...
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    Epic, Spotify, and others take on Apple with “Coalition for App Fairness”

    I respect the commenters on this site a lot. Over the years I have learned a lot from the comments. So I mean no disrespect but I cannot understand how this comment can be downvoted this much on a site like this? Are people that emotional over Apple? Let me elaborate, I am a fullstack developer...
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    We’ve found the world’s worst coworker, and here’s what they do

    In one of my first jobs the business analyst mailed my CEO cc'ing me and their own CEO for a "bug" that is supposedly wrecking havoc in their systems. It turns out, it is the development "he/himself" requested a couple of days ago, which we he/himself tested and shook-off on the prior day. And...
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    Subscription drive, day 4: A pitch from “Comcast’s least favorite journalist”

    I have been reading Ars for nearly ten years I guess, and the quality of articles and comments has been amazing. Thank you for this amazing community and quality journalism. I am a lurker and if I say anymore than this I am sure to screw up:) So keep up the good work, and I cannot thank you enough.